Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays will star in Hartford Stage's world-premiere production of the musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, to play Oct. 11-Nov. 11. The nimble star of I Am My Own Wife, The Best Man and Journey's End will play eight roles.

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Set in the elegant Edwardian era, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder "traces the brilliant trajectory of Monty Navarro — a charmer, seducer and avenger — on his quest for recognition and family fortune," according to Hartford Stage. Expect "a delightful evening of music, merriment…and murder."

Broadway actor Mays won the Best Actor Tony Award for his solo turn in I Am My Own Wife.